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L'institut Canadien de Recherches sur le Judaisme

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AS PALESTINIANS’ “VICTIMHOOD” INCITES VIOLENCE, ISRAEL’S FOCUS, AMIDST REGIONAL CHAOS, IS ON SURVIVAL

NB: Beth Tikvah Synagogue & CIJR Present: The Annual Sabina Citron International Conference: THE JEWISH THOUGHT OF EMIL L. FACKENHEIM: JUDAISM, ZIONISM, HOLOCAUST, ISRAEL — Toronto, Sunday, October 25, 2015, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. The day-long Beth Tikvah Conference, co-chaired by Prof. Frederick Krantz (CIJR) and Rabbi Jarrod R. Grover (Beth Tikvah), open to the public […]

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RUSSIA-IRAN-ASSAD COALITION SIGNALS DANGEROUS PHASE IN SYRIAN WAR

NB: Beth Tikvah Synagogue & CIJR Present: The Annual Sabina Citron International Conference: THE JEWISH THOUGHT OF EMIL L. FACKENHEIM: JUDAISM, ZIONISM, HOLOCAUST, ISRAEL — Toronto, Sunday, October 25, 2015, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. The day-long Beth Tikvah Conference, co-chaired by Prof. Frederick Krantz (CIJR) and Rabbi Jarrod R. Grover (Beth Tikvah), open to the public […]

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WEDNESDAY’S “NEWS IN REVIEW” ROUND-UP

 We welcome your comments to this and any other CIJR publication. Please address your response to:  Rob Coles, Publications Chairman, Canadian Institute for Jewish Research, PO Box 175, Station  H, Montreal QC H3G 2K7 – Tel: (514) 486-5544 – Fax:(514) 486-8284; E-mail: rob@isranet.wpsitie.com   On Topic Links     NB: Beth Tikvah Synagogue & CIJR Present: The Annual Sabina Citron International […]

Analysis

Frederick Krantz: DRIVEN ACROSS DARK SEAS AND HOSTILE LANDS: THE MUSLIM REFUGEE PROBLEM & EUROPE

        There are two key, related, and little-remarked dimensions of the current Middle Eastern migration crisis.  On the one hand, the almost complete economic and political collapse of the Muslim societies and states furnishing the millions of desperate refugees; on the other, the identity of a problematic “Europe” is threatened by the […]

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BIBI’S UN SPEECH EMPHASIZES IRAN’S GROWING THREAT TO GLOBAL STABILITY

  Prime Minister Netanyahu’s Speech at the United Nations General Assembly, 2015: Algemeiner, Oct. 1, 2015 — Ladies and Gentlemen, I bring you greetings from Jerusalem. The city in which the Jewish People’s hopes and prayers for peace for all of humanity have echoed throughout the ages. Iran Sanctions Relief Will Feed Europe’s Syrian Refugee […]

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RUSSIA RESPONDS TO U.S. FECKLESSNESS BY EXPANDING MILITARY PRESENCE IN SYRIA

    Putin’s Jets in Syria Are a Threat to the U.S.: David Axe, Daily Beast,  Sept. 30, 2015 — On September 30, Russian lawmakers unanimously approved President Vladimir Putin's plan to begin combat operations in Syria—and hours later Moscow's warplanes in the region began attacking what the Russians said were ISIS militants. What Putin's […]

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WEDNESDAY’S “NEWS IN REVIEW” ROUND-UP

 We welcome your comments to this and any other CIJR publication. Please address your response to:  Rob Coles, Publications Chairman, Canadian Institute for Jewish Research, PO Box 175, Station  H, Montreal QC H3G 2K7 – Tel: (514) 486-5544 – Fax:(514) 486-8284; E-mail: rob@isranet.wpsitie.com   On Topic Links     Is Syria On the Way to Becoming a ‘Frozen Conflict’?: Jonathan Spyer, […]

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EUROPEAN IDEALISM TESTED BY MIGRANT CRISIS & CONTINUING ANTISEMITISM

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  The Migrants and the Elites: Peggy Noonan, Wall Street Journal, Sept. 10, 2015 — What a crisis Europe is in, with waves of migrants reaching its shores as the Arab world implodes. Sweden’s Ugly Immigration Problem: Margaret Wente, Globe & Mail, Sept. 11, 2015 — In Europe, refugees from Syria and Iraq have been […]

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RECENT PALESTINIAN VIOLENCE PARTIALLY FUELLED BY PA INCITEMENT AND UN BIAS

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    Rabbi Sydney Shoham z”l, Rabbi of Beth Zion Congregation in Montreal, was our spiritual guide and good friend. He officiated at our son’s Bar Mitzvah and other family events.  When we heard the sad news this morning, after being out of town for a few weeks, we immediately began reflecting on what a […]

Analysis

Manfred Gerstenfeld: THE BOYCOTT: ICELAND’S ANTI-SEMITISM RESURFACES AGAIN

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      Recent developments in Iceland fit well in the long history of that country’s anti-Semitism. Last week, the left wing majority on the Reykjavik municipal council decided on a boycott of all Israeli products. In view of the protests, the city’s mayor now wants to replace it with a boycott of settlement goods.[1] […]

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YOM KIPPUR 5776: “KEEP SACRED THE WORDS AND COMMITMENTS WE HAVE GIVEN”

We welcome your comments to this and any other CIJR publication.   Keeping Your Word: Rabbi Asher Jacobson, CIJR,  Sept. 22, 2015 — One of the finest virtues we can ever achieve in our lives is when our word is our bond. What Chapter Will We Write in the Book of Life?: Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, Arutz Sheva, […]

Analysis

Rabbi Asher Jacobson: Keeping Your Word

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        One of the finest virtues we can ever achieve in our lives is when our word is our bond.   I will never forget when the business of one of our dear members deteriorated. He had the opportunity in civil law to declare bankruptcy but refused; instead, he ensured that every […]

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